Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee
Scope and Purpose
The Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee (CBSAC) combines the expertise of state representatives and scientists from the Chesapeake Bay region with federal fisheries scientists from the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Northeast and Southeast Fisheries Science Centers. This committee has met each year since 1997 to review the results of annual Chesapeake Bay blue crab surveys and harvest data, and to develop management advice for Chesapeake Bay jurisdictions: the state of Maryland, Commonwealth of Virginia, and the Potomac River Fisheries Commission (PRFC).
Projects and Resources
Charter: Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee (Feb 2016)
Charter for the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee. Updated February 2016.
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Cbsac final charter feb 2016 (144.14 KB)
Publications
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2020 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Advisory Report
Annual report published by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee on the status of the blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay and management advice for Bay jurisdictions.
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Ranking Ecosystem Impacts on Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) Using Empirical Gaussian Graphical Models
GIT-funded project final report (August 2019) by University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
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CBSAC 2019 Blue Crab Advisory Report
Annual report published by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee on the status of the blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay and management advice for Bay jurisdictions.